Electroshocking and PIT tagging of juvenile Atlantic salmon: Are there interactive effects on growth and survival?

North American Journal of Fisheries Management

Volumn 25, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 1016-1021

  Sigourney, Douglas B ^a,b   Horton, Gregg E ^a,b   Dubreuil, Todd L ^b   Varaday, Aimee M ^b   Letcher, Benjamin H ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS   (United States)

^b U S GEOLOGICAL SURVEY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ELECTROFISHING; GROWTH; MARK-RECAPTURE METHOD; SALMONID; SURVIVAL;

SALMO SALAR;

EID: 23844538612     PISSN: 02755947     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1577/M04-075.1     Document Type: Article

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